Researcher Professor Paul Sanders, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, US, said: "The findings have important translational potential since they demonstrate the benefit of adequate potassium supplementation on prevention of vascular calcification in atherosclerosis-prone mice, and the adverse effect of low potassium intake.

In our previous study we showed that low dose (200mg/kg body weight) of Aloe vera extract did not cause any significant sodium and water retention in healthy rats and was considered to be safe8, but one study showed that excess dosage of aloe vera may cause electrolyte imbalance, including low potassium level9.

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